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Stonewall DFL Screening Questions

for 2001 City Board Candidates

George Garnett – Library Board

Yes/No Questions:

1. If endorsed, would you list the Caucus' endorsement along with your other endorsements? Yes

2. Are you willing to make a commitment NOT to run against a DFL-endorsed candidate?

Yes

3. Are you in favor of a women's right to control her own reproductive system, including the right to have an abortion?

Yes

4. Do you support extending health insurance, pension benefits, sick and bereavement pay to unmarried partners of city employees as currently afforded married heterosexuals?

Yes

5. Do you support City funding for the Minnesota AIDS Project and the Aliveness Project?

Yes

6. Are you opposed to measures like the Minnesota Defense of Marriage Act?

Yes

Questions Requiring Longer Answers:

7. What is your definition of family?

A household defined by committed adults or relatives by blood, and their children if any

8. How do you define homophobia?

Prejudice against gays, lesbians, and members of the bisexual transgender community

9. If elected, how would you use your position on the Board to promote the interests of the GLBT community?

I am not sure what the Library board can do in this regard. I am open to suggestions. Ensuring access to library facilities by groups representing this community and ensuring availability of books and other materials regarding the interests and perspectives of this community seem like good places to start.

10. What experience have you had with Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) issues and why are they important to you?

I have not had much experience, but I feel the issues are important because prejudice tends to be directed at multiple groups, not just one community. As a person of color, I feel prejudice always be opposed and confronted.